In his remarks on Sunday night, '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley presented former executive producer Bill Owens’s decision to resign as an effort to protect the show from further interference.

In a rare on-air rebuke April 27, longtime correspondent for the CBS newsmagazine Scott Pelley said the broadcaster's parent company Paramount had become heavy-handed in its oversight.

Legendary 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley called out his Paramount bosses for interfering with with CBS News' coverage during an on-air rant during Sunday (April 28) night's broadcast. Pelley concluded the episode with a tribute to longtime 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens,